PrivateKey

public interface PrivateKey
implements Key

Known Indirect Subclasses DHPrivateKey, DSAPrivateKey, ECPrivateKey, RSAMultiPrimePrivateCrtKey, RSAPrivateCrtKey, RSAPrivateKey DHPrivateKey The interface to a Diffie-Hellman private key.  DSAPrivateKey The standard interface to a DSA private key.  ECPrivateKey The interface to an elliptic curve (EC) private key.  RSAMultiPrimePrivateCrtKey The interface to an RSA multi-prime private key, as defined in the PKCS#1 v2.1, using the Chinese Remainder Theorem (CRT) information values.  RSAPrivateCrtKey The interface to an RSA private key, as defined in the PKCS#1 standard, using the Chinese Remainder Theorem (CRT) information values.  RSAPrivateKey The interface to an RSA private key.

A private key. This interface contains no methods or constants. It merely serves to group (and provide type safety for) all private key interfaces. Note: The specialized private key interfaces extend this interface. See, for example, the DSAPrivateKey interface in java.security.interfaces.

Summary

Inherited constants
From interface java.security.Key long serialVersionUID The class fingerprint that is set to indicate serialization compatibility with a previous version of the class.

Inherited methods
From interface java.security.Key abstract String getAlgorithm() Returns the standard algorithm name for this key. abstract byte[] getEncoded() Returns the key in its primary encoding format, or null if this key does not support encoding. abstract String getFormat() Returns the name of the primary encoding format of this key, or null if this key does not support encoding.

Constants

long serialVersionUID